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Princess Mononoke

When I was really young my dad used to rent this movie ALL the time, and it hasn't been until now that I just realized.....ITS ANIME!!! So who likes it? I wish I could watch it again! I should rent it again!

The movie's extremely awesome. My parents bought it for me back when I was ten, even though I was unaware of the beheadings.

I always liked Miyazaki's work. This isn't my favorite (that's Nausicaa) but it's up there on the list.

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Don't even bother renting it again, just buy it. If any of them are around you, they should have a new one at F.Y.E, if you're lucky Best Buy, and maybe Newbury Comics, but it'll be used there, but cheaper (usually they have excellent quality there for used things, I get a new DVD, not a scratch on it, I but a volume of Manga, it's better than what you buy at a store that has a bunch of manga-cows).

I loved the movie ^_^ I first watched it on TV, when Cartoon Network had the Month of Miyazaki, but I think I missed most of it, since I only remember less than half the gore and blood XD I didn't notice the guy getting his arm shot off and screaming about it until I watched the DVD a second time >_> I was pretty tired when I watched it.

I loved the movie ^_^ I first watched it on TV, when Cartoon Network had the Month of Miyazaki, but I think I missed most of it, since I only remember less than half the gore and blood XD I didn't notice the guy getting his arm shot off and screaming about it until I watched the DVD a second time >_> I was pretty tired when I watched it.

It could just have been that CN edited out most of the gore. You know, it is a childrens channel mostly.

Princess Mononoke is awesome! I always wanted to be her when I was little. I mean, she's basically the princess of the animals, and what is mroe awesome than that? When it comes to Miyazaki, this one is second only to My Neighbor Totoro (The movie of my childhood, I heart Totoro!)

Princess Mononoke (or Mononoke Hime) remains one of my favorite anime of all time, and I still believe it to be one of Ghibli's best works to date, even better than Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle. Here is a beautifully illustrated anime with a heart-wrenching narrative, choc-a-bloc full of symbolism, characters brought to life by talented voice actors (in both the Japanese and English), and also educational in the sense that it loosely depicts some of Japan's history. This is an anime that can be enjoyed by virtually anyone, which is probably why you didn't even at first realize it was Japanese animation. =D

I'd also like to say that Mononoke Hime is one of the only anime where I actually prefer the American voice dub to the original Japanese, namely because Billy Crudup's voice, in my humble opinion, was destined for the role of Ashitaka. And lets not forget the cast of ultra talented actors like Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gillian Anderson, and Keith David (the voice of Goliath from Gargoyles and Spawn from the Spawn animated series). Even Claire Danes somehow managed to hold her own.

"When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty." ~Gregory I

I absolutely love Princess Mononoke! My parents got it for me when I was 9 or 10. I watched it everyday pretty much. But then my parents somehow got the idea that I lost interest in it (I think they were just fed up from seeing it everyday), so they ended up giving my tape to a niece one year.
So at least I was able to watch it at my sister's house. My niece watched it everyday, same as I did.

I've yet to see other movies by Miyazaki though. I feel like I'm missing out on a lot.